Bodkin.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE EDWARD WHEELHOUSE, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES REDMOND, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, AND E. E. WHEELHOUSE, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

BODKIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 723,507, dated March 24, 1903.

Application filed June 28, 1902. Serial No. 113,625. (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE EDWARD WHEELHOUSE, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bodkins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and' figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bodkins; and the object of my invention is to provide a bodkin which is simple in construction and in which the tape or ribbon can be une A B of Fig. 1.

conveniently placed and from which bodkin it can be conveniently detached.

Figure l of the drawings shows a side elevation. of a bodkin of my improved construction and on a somewhat enlarged scale. Fig. 2 showsacross-section of the same, taken on Fig. 3 shows a modified form of construction, and Fig. 4 shows a section taken on line C D thereof.

Referring to the reference letters and tigures in a more particular description, l indicates the body of the bodkin, and the body is preferably of an attenuated oval form in cross-section. On the same side of the body, opening in opposite directions, I provide the two peculiarly-formed cuts or recesses ct a' a a. Overhanging these recesses are the iingers or projections b b, having the inwardly turning or hanging ends h b', the outer sides of which are adapted to throw or shed off the side of an eye or opening in the fabric through which the bodkin is being threaded or laced,

while the inner side of the hook b' serves as a retainer for the ribbon or tape.

The tape is placed in the bodkin as follows: One end is laid against the side of the bodkin substantially at the middle, where it is held. The tape is then carried through the opening@ on one end of the bodkin and drawn into the cut or crack a in that end. It is then carried down the other side of the body and into the other opening a, Where it is drawn into the crack or cut a and carried out toward the opposite end of the body. In this Way the tape is secured, so that the bodkin maybe used for the usual purpose of threading the tape or ribbon through eyes or openings in the fabric.

In using the bodkin the end first inserted would be the one on that end of the instrument in which the ribbon was last placed in the process of threading, as before described.

In the modified form of construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 I employ on one end of the implement the same peculiar recess a, terminating in the cut a and having the overhanging finger bwith the in wardly-turned end b. As to the other end of the implement, it is split into two springing arms c c. These spring-arms where they meet the body form a narrow slit or cut c. In threading the tape into the bodkin of this construction one end is placed against the middle of the body, as before described, and held.A It is then passed into the recess ct and'drawn into the notch or cut a. Itis then passed between the springarms c and drawn somewhat sidewise into the cut c'. In this Way the tape is rmly secured to the bodkin, and in using this implement the point inserted iirst through the eyes in the fabric is the end on which the recess ais provided. When passing through an opening, the arms c c are drawn together, pinching the tape and preventing it sliding or slipping in the bodkin.y

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bodkin having an elongated body with the recess a in the side and extending length- Wise of the body terminating in the gripping slot or eut ct tapering in such manner as to adapt it to grip the tape, the finger b overhangiug the major portion of said recess a, projecting toward the point and as to its outer side being substantially in the general line of the portion of the side in advance of the recess a and said finger having the inwardlyturned end b', substantially as set forth.

2. The bodkin having an elongated body with the two recesses a in the same side and In witness whereof I have affixed my signaextending lengthwise of the body toward ture, in presence of two Witnesses, this 14th each other, the fingers b overhanging the ma.-

jor portions of said recesses and extending day of June, 1902.

r from each other and as to their outer sides being Substantiallyin the general line of the Witnesses: side and 11a-ving the inwardly-turned endsb', CHARLES G. IRISH,

substantially as set forth.

GEORGE EDWARD WHEELHOUSE.

S. A. BROWN. 

